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可 13：1–4. 1 耶稣从殿里出来的时候，有一个门徒对他说：「夫子，请看，这是何等的石头！何等的殿宇！」2 耶稣对他说：「你看见这大殿宇吗？将来在这里没有一块石头留在石头上，不被拆毁了。」
3 耶稣在橄榄山上对圣殿而坐。彼得、雅各、约翰，和安得烈暗暗地问他说：4 「请告诉我们，什么时候有这些事呢？这一切事将成的时候有什么预兆呢？
本章开始耶稣的讲话，其中他使用了旧约中常见的典型的双重应验预言。 他预言耶路撒冷和圣殿将在公元 70 年被毁灭，同时预言世界末日，届时耶稣将在他的荣耀中再次降临，世界将被毁灭。 对于门徒来说，他们离第一个预言最近。 我们最接近第二个预言。 耶稣所说的有些话适用于这两个事件，有些则针对其中一个更为具体的事件。
耶稣的评论是由门徒对希律王建造的圣殿的巨大石头和美丽的评价而引发的。 这在当时是世界奇观之一。 其中一些石头尺寸为 37 1/2′ × 12′ × 18′，重量超过一百吨。 很难想象古人是如何搬动如此巨大的石头的。 为什么他们要毁掉这么漂亮的建筑呢？ 一些历史学家说，罗马人从未打算在公元 70 年摧毁这座圣殿。罗马征服者提图斯在耶路撒冷被围困期间下令保留这座圣殿。 但提多的法令不能推翻耶稣的预言。 当可怕的战斗接近尾声时，圣殿不知何故着火了。 其巨大的黄金宝藏在火焰中融化。 一些黄金进入了巨大石头之间的缝隙。 渴望战利品的罗马士兵将石头撕碎。 没有一块石头留在另一块石头上。
所以你必须问为什么上帝愿意这样的事情发生。 没有什么比圣殿的毁坏更清楚地标志着旧约和新约之间的过渡了。 它从未被重建，而且由于圣殿山上现在有一座伊斯兰清真寺，所以它永远不会被重建。 旧约中的献祭和圣殿敬拜已经在基督耶稣里应验了。 神为我们的罪所接受的祭物是他为我们准备的羔羊。 神在其上建造教会的磐石就是基督。 我们敬畏的不是美丽的建筑，而是一位美丽、完美、荣耀的救主。
祷告：主耶稣，唯有你是我们信仰的磐石，我知道它永远不会令我们失望。 我们期盼您荣耀归来，与您面对面！ 阿门。
Mark 13:1-4: As Jesus was leaving the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher! What massive stones! What magnificent buildings!” 2 “Do you see all these great buildings?” replied Jesus. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.” 3 As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John and Andrew asked him privately, 4 “Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are all about to be fulfilled?” (NIV)
This chapter begins a discourse by Jesus in which he uses the typical double fulfillment prophecies common in the Old Testament. He prophesied the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple in 70 A.D. together with the end of time, when Jesus would come again in his glory, and the world would be destroyed. For the disciples, they would be closest to the first. We are closest to the second. Some of what Jesus says applies to both events, and some are more particular to one or the other.
Jesus’ comments are triggered by the disciples’ comments on the massive stones and the beauty of the temple that Herod built. It was one of the wonders of the world at the time. Some of the stones measured 37 1/2′ × 12′ × 18′ and weighed over a hundred tons. It’s hard to imagine how the ancients moved such huge stones. Why would they destroy such a beautiful building? Some historians say that the Romans never intended to destroy the temple in 70 A.D. The Roman conqueror Titus, during the siege of Jerusalem, ordered that the temple was to be spared. But Titus’ decree could not overrule Jesus’ prophesy. As the terrible battle raged toward its end, the temple somehow caught fire. Its vast treasure of gold melted in the flames. Some of the gold found its way into the crevices between the massive stones. The Roman soldiers, hungry for spoil, tore the stones apart. Not one stone was left on another.
So you have to ask why God willed this to happen. Nothing marks the transition between the Old and New Testament as clearly as the destruction of the temple. It was never rebuilt, and because an Islamic mosque now sits on the temple mount, it never will be. The Old Testament with its sacrifices and its temple worship has been fulfilled in Christ. The sacrifice which God has accepted for our sins is the Lamb he prepared for us. The Rock on which God builds his church is Christ. We stand in awe, not of beautiful buildings, but of a beautiful, perfect, glorious Savior.
Prayer: Lord Jesus, you alone are the Rock on which our faith is built, and I know that it will never fail us. We long for you to come again in glory so that we may see you face to face! Amen.